Structural Steel Design

For undergraduate courses in Steel Design.   This best selling text has been fully updated to conform to the latest American Manual of Steel Construction. The material is presented in an easy-to-read student-friendly style.  Both Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Allowable Stress Design (ASD) methods of designing steel structures are presented throughout the book. The book is carefully designed so that an instructor can easily teach LRFD or ASD (material exclusively pertaining to ASD is shaded). This text is presented using an easy-to-read, student-friendly style.  

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Introduction to Structural Steel Design 1.1 Advantages of Steel as a Structural Material 1.2 Disadvantages of Steel as a Structural Material 1.3 Early Uses of Iron and Steel 1.4 Steel Sections 1.5 Metric Units 1.6 Cold-Formed Light-Gage Steel Shapes 1.7 Stress—Strain Relationships in Structural Steel 1.8 Modern Structural Steels 1.9 Uses of High-Strength Steels 1.10 Measurement of Toughness 1.11 Jumbo Sections 1.12 Lamellar Tearing 1.13 Furnishing of Structural Steel 1.14 The Work of the Structural Designer 1.15 Responsibilities of the Structural Designer 1.16 Economical Design of Steel Members 1.17 Failure of Structures 1.18 Handling and Shipping Structural Steel 1.19 Calculation Accuracy 1.20 Computers and Structural Steel Design 1.21 Problems for Solution Specifications, Loads, and Methods of Design 2.1 Specifications and Building Codes 2.2 Loads 2.3 Dead Loads 2.4 Live Loads 2.5 Environmental Loads 2.6 Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Allowable Strength Design (ASD) 2.7 Nominal Strengths 2.8 Shading 2.9 Computation of Loads for LRFD and ASD 2.10 Computing Combined Loads with LRFD Expressions 2.11 Computing Combined Loads with ASD Expressions 2.12 Two Methods of Obtaining an Acceptable Level of Safety 2.13 Discussion of Sizes of Load Factors and Safety Factors 2.14 Author’s Comment 2.15 Examples with Video Solution 2.16 Problems for Solution Analysis of Tension Members 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Nominal Strengths of Tension Members 3.3 Net Areas 3.4 Effect of Staggered Holes 3.5 Effective Net Areas 3.6 Connecting Elements for Tension Members 3.7 Block Shear 3.8 Examples with Video Solution 3.9 Problems for Solution Design of Tension Members 4.1 Selection of Sections 4.2 Built-Up Tension Members 4.3 Rods and Bars 4.4 Pin-Connected Members 4.5 Design for Fatigue Loads 4.6 Examples with Video Solution 4.7 Problems for Solution Introduction to Axially Loaded Compression Members 5.1 General 5.2 Residual Stresses 5.3 Sections Used for Columns 5.4 Development of Column Formulas 5.5 The Euler Formula 5.6 End Restraint and Effective Lengths of Columns 5.7 Stiffened and Unstiffened Elements 5.8 Long, Short, and Intermediate Columns 5.9 Column Formulas 5.10 Maximum Slenderness Ratios 5.11 Example Problems 5.12 Examples with Video Solution 5.13 Problems for Solution Design of Axially Loaded Compression Members 6.1 Introduction 6.2 AISC Design Tables 6.3 Column Splices 6.4 Built-Up Columns 6.5 Built-Up Columns with Components in Contact with Each Other 6.6 Connection Requirements for Built-Up Columns Whose Components Are in Contact with Each Other 6.7 Built-Up Columns with Components Not in Contact with Each Other 6.8 Single-Angle Compression Members 6.9 Sections Containing Slender Elements 6.10 Flexural-Torsional Buckling of Compression Members 6.11 Examples with Video Solution 6.12 Problems for Solution Design of Axially Loaded Compression Members (Continued) and Column Base Plates 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Further Discussion of Effective Lengths 7.3 Frames Meeting Alignment Chart Assumptions 7.4 Frames Not Meeting Alignment Chart Assumptions As to Joint Rotations 7.5 Stiffness-Reduction Factors 7.6 Columns Leaning on Each Other for In-Plane Design 7.7 Base Plates for Concentrically Loaded Columns 7.8 Examples with Video Solution 7.9 Problems for Solution Introduction to Beams 8.1 Types of Beams 8.2 Sections Used as Beams 8.3 Bending Stresses 8.4 Plastic Hinges 8.5 Elastic Design 8.6 The Plastic Modulus 8.7 Theory of Plastic Analysis 8.8 The Collapse Mechanism 8.9 The Virtual-Work Method 8.10 Location of Plastic Hinge for Uniform Loadings 8.11 Continuous Beams 8.12 Building Frames 8.13 Examples with Video Solution 8.14 Problems for Solution Design of Beams for Moments 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Yielding Behavior–Full Plastic Moment, Zone 1 9.3 Design of Beams, Zone 1 9.4 Lateral Support of Beams 9.5 Introduction to Inelastic Buckling, Zone 2 9.6 Moment Capacities, Zone 2 9.7 Elastic Buckling, Zone 3 9.8 Design Charts 9.9 Noncompact Sections 9.10 Examples with Video Solution 9.11 Problems for Solution Design of Beams–Miscellaneous Topics (Shear, Deflection, etc.) 10.1 Design of Continuous Beams 10.2 Shear 10.3 Deflections 10.4 Webs and Flanges with Concentrated Loads 10.5 Unsymmetrical Bending 10.6 Design of Purlins 10.7 The Shear Center 10.8 Beam-Bearing Plates 10.9 Lateral Bracing at Member Ends Supported on Base Plates 10.10 Examples with Video Solution 10.11 Problems for Solution Bending and Axial Force 11.1 Occurrence 11.2 Members Subject to Bending and Axial Tension 11.3 First-Order and Second-Order Moments for Members Subject to Axial Compression and Bending 11.4 Direct Analysis Method (DAM) 11.5 Effective Length Method (ELM) 11.6 Approximate Second-Order Analysis 11.7 Beam—Columns in Braced Frames 11.8 Beam—Columns in Unbraced Frames 11.9 Design of Beam—Columns–Braced or Unbraced 11.10 Examples with Video Solution 11.11 Problems for Solution Bolted Connections 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Types of Bolts 12.3 History of High-Strength Bolts 12.4 Advantages of High-Strength Bolts 12.5 Snug-Tight, Pretensioned, and Slip-Critical Bolts 12.6 Methods for Fully Pretensioning High-Strength Bolts 12.7 Slip-Resistant Connections and Bearing-Type Connections 12.8 Mixed Joints 12.9 Sizes of Bolt Holes 12.10 Load Transfer and Types of Joints 12.11 Failure of Bolted Joints 12.12 Spacing and Edge Distances of Bolts 12.13 Bearing-Type Connections–Loads Passing Through Center of Gravity of Connections 12.14 Slip-Critical Connections–Loads Passing Through Center of Gravity of Connections 12.15 Examples with Video Solution 12.16 Problems for Solution Eccentrically Loaded Bolted Connections and Historical Notes on Rivets 13.1 Bolts Subjected to Eccentric Shear 13.2 Bolts Subjected to Shear and Tension (Bearing-Type Connections) 13.3 Bolts Subjected to Shear and Tension (Slip-Critical Connections) 13.4 Tension Loads on Bolted Joints 13.5 Prying Action 13.6 Historical Notes on Rivets 13.7 Types of Rivets 13.8 Strength of Riveted Connections–Rivets in Shear and Bearing 13.9 Examples with Video Solution 13.10 Problems for Solution Welded Connections 14.1 General 14.2 Advantages of Welding 14.3 American Welding Society 14.4 Types of Welding 14.5 Prequalified Welding 14.6 Welding Inspection 14.7 Classification of Welds 14.8 Welding Symbols 14.9 Groove Welds 14.10 Fillet Welds 14.11 Strength of Welds 14.12 AISC Requirements 14.13 Design of Simple Fillet Welds 14.14 Design of Connections for Members with Both Longitudinal and Transverse Fillet Welds 14.15 Some Miscellaneous Comments 14.16 Design of Fillet Welds for Truss Members 14.17 Plug and Slot Welds 14.18 Shear and Torsion 14.19 Shear and Bending 14.20 Full-Penetration and Partial-Penetration Groove Welds 14.21 Examples with Video Solution 14.22 Problems for Solution Building Connections 15.1 Selection of Type of Fastener 15.2 Types of Beam Connections 15.3 Standard Bolted Beam Connections 15.4 AISC Manual Standard Connection Tables 15.5 Designs of Standard Bolted Framed Connections 15.6 Designs of Standard Welded Framed Connections 15.7 Single-Plate, or Shear Tab, Framing Connections 15.8 End-Plate Shear Connections 15.9 Designs of Welded Seated Beam Connections 15.10 Designs of Stiffened Seated Beam Connections 15.11 Designs of Moment-Resisting FR Moment Connections 15.12 Column Web Stiffeners 15.13 Problems for Solution Composite Beams 16.1 Composite Construction 16.2 Advantages of Composite Construction 16.3 Discussion of Shoring 16.4 Effective Flange Widths 16.5 Shear Transfer 16.6 Partially Composite Beams 16.7 Strength of Shear Connectors 16.8 Number, Spacing, and Cover Requirements for Shear Connectors 16.9 Moment Capacity of Composite Sections 16.10 Deflections 16.11 Design of Composite Sections 16.12 Continuous Composite Sections 16.13 Design of Concrete-Encased Sections 16.14 Problems for Solution Composite Columns 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Advantages of Composite Columns 17.3 Disadvantages of Composite Columns 17.4 Lateral Bracing 17.5 Specifications for Composite Columns 17.6 Axial Design Strengths of Composite Columns 17.7 Shear Strength of Composite Columns 17.8 LRFD and ASD Tables 17.9 Load Transfer at Footings and Other Connections 17.10 Tensile Strength of Composite Columns 17.11 Axial Load and Bending 17.12 Problems for Solution Cover-Plated Beams and Built-up Girders 18.1 Cover-Plated Beams 18.2 Built-up Girders 18.3 Built-up Girder Proportions 18.4 Flexural Strength 18.5 Tension Field Action 18.6 Design of Stiffeners 18.7 Problems for Solution Design of Steel Buildings 19.1 Introduction to Low-Rise Buildings 19.2 Types of Steel Frames Used for Buildings 19.3 Common Types of Floor Construction 19.4 Concrete Slabs on Open-Web Steel Joists 19.5 One-Way and Two-Way Reinforced-Concrete Slabs 19.6 Composite Floors 19.7 Concrete-Pan Floors 19.8 Steel Floor Deck 19.9 Flat Slab Floors 19.10 Precast Concrete Floors 19.11 Types of Roof Construction 19.12 Exterior Walls and Interior Partitions 19.13 Fireproofing of Structural Steel 19.14 Introduction to High-Rise Buildings 19.15 Discussion of Lateral Forces 19.16 Types of Lateral Bracing 19.17 Analysis of Buildings with Diagonal Wind Bracing for Lateral Forces 19.18 Moment-Resisting Joints 19.19 Design of Buildings for Gravity Loads 19.20 Selection of Members Appendix A Derivation of the Euler Formula Appendix B Slender Compression Elements Appendix C Flexural-Torsional Buckling of Compression Members Appendix D Moment-Resisting Column Base Plates Appendix E Ponding Glossary INDEX